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box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7233
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.486.1
- Description
- Tin of needles: "Gay Music Co. Ltd", "200 needles"
Images
Brentwood Shopping Centre bag
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58417
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [197-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 plastic bag
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Brentwood Shopping Centre bag from Jack Cullen's Music.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [197-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Gladys Killip subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 plastic bag
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS081-028
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-12
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Brentwood Shopping Centre bag from Jack Cullen's Music.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
building
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3846
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.33.1
- Description
- The core of the Jessie Love farm house is a 1893 two story, pioneer tent style building. The home was added to over the years and became a large Craftsmen style farm house.
- Object History
- Built on Cumberland Road in Burnaby in 1893. Music Room/Parlour/Living Room and bedrooms above added c.1898. Kitchen added c.1908. The home of Jesse and Martha Love and their eleven children. One of Burnaby's oldest structures. The home was moved to Burnaby Village Museum in the late 1980s and has been partially restored to its 1920s appearance.
- Category
- 01. Built Environment Objects
- Classification
- Structures - - Dwellings
- Object Term
- House
- Colour
- Brown
- Culture
- Canadian
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
Burnaby Centennial
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98388
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains documents and newspaper clippings pertaining to the City of Burnaby's 1992 centennial, including sheet music and lyrics for "The Best of Both Worlds", poem titled "The Party of the Century", and a copy of Centennial News June 17, 1992. File also includes copy of the presentation of B…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Administration series
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS205-065
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2020-06
- Scope and Content
- File contains documents and newspaper clippings pertaining to the City of Burnaby's 1992 centennial, including sheet music and lyrics for "The Best of Both Worlds", poem titled "The Party of the Century", and a copy of Centennial News June 17, 1992. File also includes copy of the presentation of Burnaby's 1892 Seal to Mayor and Council and related newspaper clippings, and a copy of the Burnaby Village Museum's newsletter, "The Interurban Line". Also included in the file are records related to the Society's contributions to British Columbia's centennial in 1971 including a Certificate of Merit and photocopied minutes of the Centennial sub-committee April 9, 1971,
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Original file folder titled: "1971-1980"
Burnaby Centennial Committee correspondence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62871
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence pertaining to various events undertaken during Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are the music and lyrics to Burnaby's song "The Best of Both Worlds."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS098-040
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-12
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence pertaining to various events undertaken during Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are the music and lyrics to Burnaby's song "The Best of Both Worlds."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Burnaby Rhythm Rascals papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58427
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956 (date of original) -1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Burnaby Rhythm Rascals (most of which are photocopied pages from an original scrapbook). The file consists of newspaper clippings (both photocopied and original), correspondence and photocopied photographs. The Burnaby Rhythm Rascals seniors music troupe we…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956 (date of original) -1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Norah Code subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS126-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-05
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Burnaby Rhythm Rascals (most of which are photocopied pages from an original scrapbook). The file consists of newspaper clippings (both photocopied and original), correspondence and photocopied photographs. The Burnaby Rhythm Rascals seniors music troupe were formed by Norah Code in 1971.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents file
Bylaw to Fund Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services 2013 Capital Projects
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport58811
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 92030
- Meeting Date
- 25-Feb-2013
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 92030
- Meeting Date
- 25-Feb-2013
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Centennial Celebration proposals
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62855
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of proposals put forward from Simon Fraser University for potential events to be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are proposals for 'Images of Burnaby', 'Oral History Project', 'Summer Festival of Music and Dance', and the 'Alummni Fun Run.'
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS098-024
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-12
- Scope and Content
- File consists of proposals put forward from Simon Fraser University for potential events to be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are proposals for 'Images of Burnaby', 'Oral History Project', 'Summer Festival of Music and Dance', and the 'Alummni Fun Run.'
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
disk record with cover
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87507
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.105
- Description
- Long play disk record with cover/jacket. 33 1/3 R.P.M. The disk record and cover are titled "TSOONA SINGS / A Training Record of Girl Guide Songs / Made by Guides" "QC 227". Recorded in 1965 at the annual Music Week for Guides at Tsoona Girl Guide campsite and training centre near Chilliwack, B.C. Produced by The Girl Guides of Canada, British Columbia Council. The record has a white coloured label with red text. The disk is slightly warped. "SIDE 1 / 1. Campfire Opening / 2. Vive La Canadienne / 3. Little Johnnie England / 4. Echo Yodel / 5. Planting Rice / 6. Rain Song / 7. No Lovelier Countryside / 8. Huron Carol / 9. When O Shepherd Maiden / 10. Rosen Fra Fyen / 11. Bed Is Too Small / 12. Close Thine Eyes / 13. Taps" "SIDE 2 / 1. Benedicamus / 2. Praise and Thanks / 3. Praise and Thanks / 4. Guide Grace / 5. Lullaby / 6. Tallis Canon / 7. Jubilate Deo / 8. Abide With Us / 9. Whippoorwill / 10. Dona Nobis Pacem / 11. Slumber / 12. Russian Vesper / 13. Holla Hi" The cover is white, with a black and red sketch of Tsoona Girl Guide campsite. The title font is formed out of logs. Limited production credits and a complete song list are provided on the back cover. Lyrics to some of these songs are available in booklets BV015.35.35, BV015.35.36, and BV015.35.37. 12 inch disk
- Measurements
- Disk: Dia.: 30.0 cm Cover: W: 31.4 cm x L: 31.4 cm
Images
drawing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91041
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1688
- Description
- Drawing; black ink and pencil on Arches white paper; drawn by Carly Bouwman (unsigned); bird's eye view (site plan) of Burnaby Village Museum site; illustration includes buildings on the site including Adminstration building and parking lot (in foreground); the Love farmhouse; bridge across creek; Tom Irvine house; Village Church; Tram barn; Carousel building; Elworth house; bandstand; Elworth garage; buildings on west side of Hill Street including Japanese Ofuro; Log Cabin; Steam Shed; Blacksmith shop; Old Curly Locomotive; Deer Lake Auto; General Store; Stride Studios; Drug Store and McKay Barbershop and east side of Hill Street including the Real Estate Office; Royal Bank; Music Shop; Burnaby Post; Chinese Herbalist shop; Home Bakery and Ice Cream Parlour; Vancouver Heights Sheet Metal Works; Bell's Dry Goods; Seaforth School; illustration also includes geographic features such as roads; trees; gardens and creek [ca. 2000]
- Object History
- Part of Burnaby Village Museum Administrative Design collection.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Drawing
- Colour
- Black
- White
- Measurements
- 39.5 cm x 57 cm
- Maker
- Bouwman, Carly
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
Images
flyer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91412
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.2133
- Description
- Flyer; mimeographed on light blue paper with black ink. Centennial logo in upper left corner of Flyer. Text reads: "BURNABY CIVIC OPERA / presents / BONANZA CREEK - 1871 / Story and Lyrics by Harry Mossfield, / with Music by Theo Gold / An exciting, fun-filled Centennial Musical / produced in B.C. and about B.C."; lists dates of performances between June 10 and June 10; "At James Cowan Theatre Centre / Gilpin and Canada Way Burnaby / ... / Burnaby Civic Opera's Musical Contribution to / this Centennial Year".
- Object History
- Event was held at the James Cowan Theatre as part of the Centennial celebrations taking place in 1971 in Burnaby. These events were organized by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee as part of the B.C. Centennial festivities.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Flier
- Colour
- Blue
- Black
- Measurements
- Length: 28 cm x Width: 21.5 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Publication Date
- May 1971
Images
fundraising form
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34874
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.10.5
- Description
- Celebrate Our Centennial - Fundraising Form -- [1992]. Capital Campaign fundraising form for the expansion of the Burnaby Art Centre. The campaign was part of the Burnaby Centennial Celebration. The goal was to raise 3.5 Million Dollars for a four phase expansion project for Music and Sound Studios, Performing Arts Studios, Community Art Gallery, Multi-use Studio Theatre and a Community Theatre. The form folds into an envelope that can be mailed to the City of Burnaby. The form measures 28cm x 21.5cm.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Forms
- Celebrations
- Celebrations - Centennials
Images
![Girl Guides of Canada, [1964-1967] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0159_folded_redacted.jpg?width=280)
Girl Guides of Canada
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4587
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1964-1967]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (4 photographs + textual records)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a red vinyl scrapbook binder with an image from a Girl Guide poster “Girl Guides of Canada” glued to the front cover.This binder was put together by Pixie McGeachie. There are 43 black pages with newspaper clippings, photographs and other paper documents mounted inside. Dates range…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (4 photographs + textual records)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a red vinyl scrapbook binder with an image from a Girl Guide poster “Girl Guides of Canada” glued to the front cover.This binder was put together by Pixie McGeachie. There are 43 black pages with newspaper clippings, photographs and other paper documents mounted inside. Dates range from 1964 (Golden Jubilee for Burnaby Guides) to the end of 1967. The first page includes a handwritten notecard and envelope from Lady Olave Baden-Powell to the Burnaby Girl Guides. The letter was addressed to Pixie McGeachie and reads : "Hello Burnaby Girls! / I did appreciate / your kind thoughts / for me at the time of / your Golden Jubilee / Congratulations to you all." Four black white photographs contained within album are from the Burnaby Guides Golden Jubilee and are identified as Girl Guide leaders: Mrs. T. Schootman, Mrs. H.L Puppyn, Mrs. V. Hill, Mrs. J.W. Roper, Mrs. J. Park, Miss E. Feritan, Mrs. A.E. Peel, Mrs. Albertson, Mrs. P. Pringle, Mrs. Underhill and Mrs. N.M Jacobsen. Scrapbook also contains an Examiner newspaper clipping titled: "Sea Ranger Kathy Hardy Presented with Gold Cord" with photograph of Sea Ranger Kathy Hardy; dated Oct. 21/64 and a newspaper clipping titled: "Girls Win Music Scholarships" with photograph including Girl Guide Virginia Blake; ca. March/April 1965.
- Creator
- McGeachie, Doreen "Pixie"
- Names
- Galbraith, Eleanor Lois
- Girl Guides of Canada
- McGeachie, Doreen "Pixie"
- Hill, Mrs. V.
- Roper, Isabelle
- Feritan, Mrs. E.
- Peel, Mrs. A.E.
- Pringle, Mrs. P.
- Jacobsen, Mrs. N.M.
- Schootman, Anneka
- Puppyn, Mrs. H.L.
- Dankoski, Bev
- Codron, Joyce
- Miller, Donna
- Hyslop, Sandy
- Hyslop, Pauline
- McGeachie, Ivy Ashliegh
- Blake, Virginia
- Raadsheer, Kathryn Hardy
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.159
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1964-1967]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Items online within scrapbook have been redacted in compliance with Section 22 of FIPPA
- Photographs from scrapbook have been described at item level (BV015.35.313 to BV015.35.316)
- Photographs that were found loose within scrapbook were not included in digital image reproductions but are described at item level (BV015.35.307 to BV015.35.312)
Images
![Girl Guides of Canada, [1964-1967] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0159_folded_redacted.jpg)
Documents
Knight family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64497
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938-1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photgraphs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938-1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Knight family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photgraphs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-53
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.
- History
- Milton "Milt" Waller Knight was born in Canada circa 1904. His wife Virginia Harrington was born in Duluth, Minnesota circa 1905 and lived most of her life in Canada. Virginia was the first person in British Columbia to breed budgies when she began in 1932 and by 1939 she and her husband created the first crested budgie in the world. By 1942, Virginia was also housing two-hundred and fifty birds at the home of her mother, Mrs. N.M. Herington, which was located at 1775 West 13th Avenue in Burnaby. Milton and Virginia Knight moved into their own home during the war years but, as they could not get their large aviary moved, they were forced to sell their crested birds. When they started up in their birds again, they obtained some of their crested back. By 1948 they had created two types of crested: those with a miniature cockatiel crest and those with a crest like a crested canary. By 1950 they had created the crested in over twelve colours of budgie, including cobalt and yellow-wing greens. The Knights lived together at 3718 Sperling Avenue (later renumbered 5255 Sperling Avenue) and opened Lakeview Aviaries on their one acre property at Deer Lake where Virginia specialized in budgies (Budgerigars) and bred the first albino in Canada and the first crested variety in the world. She kept Java rice birds, button quail, red factor canaries, cockatiels, finches, love birds and twelve varieties of budgerigar. She was a member of the British Columbia Budgerigar and Foreign Bird Society. The facilities at Lakeview Aviaries included two heated aviary cages and three outdoor flight cages constructed by Milton. Lakeview housed the only "hospital" facilities in the city for cage birds, which featured an electrically heated, thermostatically controlled hospital cage. Virginia, known in the community as “the Bird Doctor” nursed many sick birds back to health free of charge for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or SPCA. The Knights often donated their trained birds to sick and injured children, for Virginia believed, “Budgies do wonders for the kiddies. They make them forget their troubles and of course a happy mental outlook is a definite aid to better physical health.” The couple’s personal pets included eight different types of parrot, three talking budgies, a dancing bare-eyes cockatoo, three talking cockatiel, and “Hoppy” her pet owl. By 1952, they had a toucan and a macaw as pets. In later years, they added two small dogs. By 1965, Milton had over 25 years of service as a truck driver at the Vancouver Service Department. He was also an avid collector of antique watches and clocks. He reconditioned the timepieces, systematically restoring them to their original condition. He was a member of the National Association of Clock and Watch Collectors. Milt also treasured old music boxes and restored their large metal discs and rolls to “as new” condition. Milton Knight died March 7, 1966 at 62 years of age. Virginia Knight lived alone at 5755 Sperling Avenue after her husband’s death and continued her work at the Lakeview Aviary where she “doctored 700-800 [birds] a year free of charge (except medicine) and gave SPCA donations up to $1000 a year.” Virginia Knight passed away November 10, 1987 at 82 years of age.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Knight, Milton
- Knight, Virginia
- Notes
- MSS117, PC510
- Title based on contents and creator of subseries
label
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40791
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5956.1
- Description
- Sweet Adeline - Label. Can label for Sweet Adeline Brand Molasses. The label is red and black and has illustrations of four black male singers with very thick red lips, wearing tuxedos. The label states that "This is an All British Product Packed Only By The Dominion Molasses Co. Limited". The product was packed in Halifax, Nova Scotia. There is a song on the label called "Sweet Adeline" with music notes and lyrics. The Net Weight of the product was 1 lb 5ozs. The label has split into two pieces and is very fragile.
Images
Laurence J. Peter family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88409
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1949
- Collection/Fonds
- Laurence J. Peter family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one Share Certificate for the Lochdale Co Operative Association.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1949
- Collection/Fonds
- Laurence J. Peter family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Accession Number
- 2013-29
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one Share Certificate for the Lochdale Co Operative Association.
- History
- In 1941, Laurence J. Peter began his career as an industrial arts teacher at Lord Tweedsmeer High School in Cloverdale, after an illness kept him out of World War II. It was here that he met his future wife, Nancy M. Bailey, who was the vice principal of the school. The couple married in 1943 and made their way to Burnaby in 1947 after purchasing a one-acre lot in Burnaby from Mr. Wright for $1,000. When the couple purchased this lot, Nancy was teaching English at Burnaby South High School, while Laurence was teaching Woodwork at New Haven Borstal Home for Boys in the Provincial Corrections system. The lot was located in the historic neighbourhood of Lozell’s at 7229 Lougheed Highway and was renumbered to 7449 Lougheed in 1958. Laurence and Nancy had four children, two boys (John and Ted) and two girls (Alice and Margaret). When they first purchased the lot, they built a small house where they lived with their eldest son, John, until the completion of a larger house in 1949. Their second son, Ted, was born a few weeks before the completion of the larger house and was brought into the new home from the hospital. Their daughters were born over the next few years. Laurence and Nancy had built the larger house using a technique of peeled plywood core logs. Laurence and his cousin, Hewton Peter, who owned the lot next door, designed and built a machine to build exterior walls for their houses using plywood cores. In 1947, plywood cores were turned (peeled) down to six inches in diameter and then discarded to be chipped for the pulp industry. To build the house, the cores were splined together and stood on end making a vertical log house. Only three houses were ever built using their invention. The three-bedroom, one-bathroom house was completed in October 1949. The exterior of the house was never painted, just brushed with linseed oil. The traffic of the Lougheed Highway was not heard inside the house due to the six-inch walls and was very economical to heat in the snowy winters of the 1950s. Over the years, the couple worked on finishing the interior of the house, which included an intricately carved eight-foot-wide oak mantelpiece carved by Laurence. Parts of the mantel were reclaimed from the demolished old Hotel Vancouver and cobblestones reclaimed from the interurban tracks were used for the fireplace and stonework around the property. The family raised goats for milk and chickens for eggs and maintained a large vegetable garden and fruit trees on the property. When the goats and chickens were not needed anymore, Laurence slaughtered them for meat which they stored in a freezer at the Lochdale Co-operative until they were ready to consume them. The family was actively involved in the Burnaby community with Laurence and Nancy taking part in local politics and community activities and their children participating in Boy Scouts and Girl Guides and music lessons. All four children graduated from Burnaby North High School, and in 1970, Ted and Alice completed their studies at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). They worked at local jobs in the community, including building the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course. Laurence moved on to take a position as a Mental Health Coordinator (Special Counselor) in the Vancouver School System, and in 1959, Nancy joined the staff at the newly opened Burnaby Central Senior Secondary School as a math teacher, later becoming the head of the Mathematics Department. The couple continued their education at summer school at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, where Nancy completed her Master's Degree in 1964 and Laurence his Doctoral degree in 1963. Laurence joined the faculty of the University of British Columbia in 1965 and later received the WSU Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1980. The couple separated in 1965 and Laurence moved to California in 1966 to teach at the University of Southern California. Laurence became widely famous in 1969, after the publication of his bestselling book, "The Peter Principle," which has been translated into more than 38 languages. Following this publication, he went on to author eight more books and published several texts in the field of ‘Prescriptive Teaching’. He died on January 12, 1990, at the age of 70 at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California, and is honoured with a plaque as part of the Literary Landmarks program of the Vancouver Public Library located at the Metro Theatre, 1370 Marine Drive. Nancy continued to teach at Burnaby South, until her retirement in 1978 after 30 years as head of the Mathematics Department at Burnaby Central. She was an active member of the Burnaby Historical Society for many years. She passed away in Nanaimo near her family on April 21, 2013, at the age of 97.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Peter, Laurence J.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- MSS186-001
Leila Orman subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62945
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918-1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918-1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.
- History
- A. Leila Orman was born June 2, 1901 in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. She is the youngest daughter of Daisy Marie Orman, her sister Daisy Hilda Orman (later Targett) being three and a half years her senior. At five years old Leila began a long fight with a crippling type of rheumatoid arthritis. By the time she was thirteen, she experienced completely ankylosed joints. Her family travelled all over hoping to find a cure, but to no avail. In 1913 her father joined his two brothers in Calgary, and by 1915 the family had joined him. Leila developed an interest in painting and knitting, and composed her own poems. She began writing news articles for the Calgary Daily Herald in the 1930s, and her first sonnet was published in that paper on August 28, 1934. She had a strong interest in the arts, often writing about music and the visual arts. While living in Calgary, she became a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club as well as a member of the Canadian Author’s Association. When her father retired in 1938, the family moved to Rosewood Avenue in Burnaby. Leila wrote on a typewriter with two sticks to type out the letters. She was an avid reader and was able to turn the pages with a special stick with elastic bands wound around the ends. Canadian novelist Maida Parlow French became her lifelong friend and encouraged her to write her own autobiography, but she was not able to finish it. Leila wrote “The Giving Heart” in October of 1948. By 1952, she was writing the "Across the Board" column for the British Columbia Saturday Magazine with the intention of inspiring other “incapacitated folk” to live up to their full potential: “If [she] could reach a few people, and encourage them to reach up and out, [she] should feel the effort well worthwhile.” A member of the St. Alban’s Prayer Healing Fellowship group, Leila wrote the “Christian Manifesto for World Peace” in 1963. The Prayer Group met twice monthly at one of the members’ homes and undertook to pray daily for the sick and for world peace. After Leila’s mother died in 1955, Leila’s friend Jeanie Brown kept house for her and was her constant companion. Jeanie Brown and Leila lived together for over thirteen years until an accident sent Leila to hospital and later to nursing home where she died on February 16, 1976.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Orman, A. Leila
- Notes
- MSS104 and PC506
- Title based on content of subseries
manuscript
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact4281
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.44.175
- Description
- In These Hard Times - Music Lyrics. Typed lyrics for a song titled "In These Hard Times". Date is unknown however it could be 1930s or 1940s. The sheet measures 21.5cm x 28cm.
- Colour
- White
- Title
- In These Hard Times
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
Images
Nancy Peter subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97449
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of Burnaby Lake compiled by Nancy Peter. Subseries also contains one school report: "A Study of Burnaby taken from the Point of View of Education."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Nancy Peter subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-45
- BHS1992-40
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of Burnaby Lake compiled by Nancy Peter. Subseries also contains one school report: "A Study of Burnaby taken from the Point of View of Education."
- History
- Nancy M. Bailey was the vice principal of Lord Tweedsmeer Hight School in Cloverdale, BC. In 1941, she met Laurence J. Peter, an industrial arts teacher at the school. In 1943 the couple married and in 1947 they moved to Burnaby. Laurence and Nancy had four children: two boys, John and Ted, and two girls, Alice and Margaret. The family was actively involved in the Burnaby community with Laurence and Nancy taking part in local politics and community activities and their children participating in Boy Scouts and Girl Guides and music lessons. All four children graduated from Burnaby North High School and in 1970, Ted and Alice completed their studies at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). They worked local jobs in the community including on the construction of the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course. Laurence worked as a Mental Health Coordinator (Special Counselor) in the Vancouver School System and in 1959, Nancy joined the staff at the newly opened Burnaby Central Senior Secondary School as a Math teacher. She later became the head of the Mathematics Department at the school. The couple continued their education at summer school at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, where Nancy completed her Masters Degree in 1964 and Laurence his Doctoral degree in 1963. Laurence joined the faculty of the University of British Columbia in 1965 and received the WSU Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1980. The couple separated in 1965 and Laurence moved to California in 1966 to teach at the University of Southern California. Nancy continued to teach at Burnaby South, until her retirement in 1978 after 30 years as head of the Mathematics Department at Burnaby Central. She was an active member of the Burnaby Historical Society for many years. Nancy passed away in Nanaimo near her family on April 21, 2013 at the age of 97.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Peter, Nancy M. Bailey
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
Norah Code subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904-1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs taken and compiled by Norah Code during the course of her work as editor of the Burnaby Courier newspaper. Photographs depict Central Park and various 1958 BC Centennial events and people. Also included are photographs and news clippings related to the old Bonsor …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904-1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Norah Code subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-05
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs taken and compiled by Norah Code during the course of her work as editor of the Burnaby Courier newspaper. Photographs depict Central Park and various 1958 BC Centennial events and people. Also included are photographs and news clippings related to the old Bonsor Hall and scrapbooks about the Burnaby Rhythm Rascals seniors' music troupe.
- History
- Norah Code was the editor of the Burnaby Courier newspaper.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Code, Norah
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
- PC345, MSS126