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Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
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Deer Lake Park : heritage resource inventory
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5468
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Wolf, Jim
- Publication Date
- c1998
- Call Number
- 971.133 WOL COPY 2
, the "Bute", to the Brunette River
and floated to Fraser River sawmills. With the
aid of dynamite and patented "stump pullers",
The houses built by the first wave of residents
were substantial and notable for their design.
The first two homes completed in 1892 were de-
signed by the architectural firm
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282834
- 9780969282839
- Call Number
- 971.133 WOL COPY 2
- Author
- Wolf, Jim
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby, Community Heritage Commission
- Publication Date
- c1998
- Physical Description
- 47 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Deer Lake Park (Burnaby, B.C.)--History
- Historic buildings--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Burnaby (B.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Notes
- 2 copies held : copy 2.
Digital Books
Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
medals.
Sunshine Week was
a five day event. Students
signed up for one of a
myriad of activities that
were sponsored by teachers who had expertise in a
specific field. Some of these events were a boat cruise
to Galiano Island for a nature study, a cycling in Burnaby
tour, a wood-carving day lesson (as we
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
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History of Burnaby and vicinity
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6890
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.17.1
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Place of Publication
- [S.l.]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Printer
- Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch
- Physical Description
- 233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Name Access
- Green, George
- Notes
- Autographed by author
- "By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."
- Copy 2 of 2
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Digital Books
Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5465
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Call Number
- 971.1 BUR COPY 3
gladden my eyes more then to see them back...”
One of Burnaby’s first jobs was to prepare lists of lots to be sold by
the government in Yale, Hope, Douglas [at the head of Harrison Lake]
and New Westminster. On May 4, 1859, notices of sale of lots in New
Westminster were issued, signed by Burnaby
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282850
- 9780969282853
- Call Number
- 971.1 BUR COPY 3
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Physical Description
- 199 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby, Robert--Correspondence
- Merchants--British Columbia--Correspondence
- British Columbia--History--1849-1871
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 190) and index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
In the shadow by the sea : recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5173
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282885
- Call Number
- 971.133 PRI Copy 2
- Contributor
- Wolf, Jim
- Pride, Harry, 1925-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 246 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Industries--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Barnet Marine Park--Burnaby, B.C.
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Burrard Inlet
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246) and index.
- "edited by Harry Pride and Jim Wolf"
- Copy 2 of 2
Digital Books
Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5472
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7493
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV019.64.1
- Call Number
- 971.100497 BVM
- Edition
- First
- Contributor
- Kwantlen First Nation
- Sḵwx̱wú7mesh First Nation
- Tsleil-Waututh First Nation
- ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--History
- Indigenous peoples--Canada--History
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Languages
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Societies, etc.
- Name Access
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Object History
- 2019 version of working document developed by Burnaby Village Museum in collaboration with a number of First Nations partners over the course of several years. We recognize that Burnaby falls within the shared, ancestral and unceded territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking people. We equally respect each of the Nations who share territory in Burnaby, and invite and welcome their ongoing participation in developing the contents of the Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide.
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Tram memories : in celebration of the restoration of Interurban 1223
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5863
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
to light.
Apparently, the four crewmen, thinking to benefit themselves financially, had signed up for
all three shifts under different names. They each collected three cheques each pay day. Since
only one man was needed to drive the rain the other three slept during the run. The day
of the Sumas Lake incident
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Contributor
- Friends of Interurban 1223
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Printer
- City of Burnaby Printshop
- Physical Description
- 91 p. : ill., map ;,20 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electric railroads
- Local transit
- Street-railroads
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Name Access
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Notes
- Editor : Pixie McGeachie
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Follow that fire : the history of the Burnaby Fire Department
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5194
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 1997
- Call Number
- 363.378 PEN COPY 3
Council of the necessity
for fire protection in Ward 5 (North Burnaby), the
Ratepayers Association at a June 26, 1924, meeting,
endorsed a petition presented by Mr. H . Burnes.This
petition, signed by 150 citizens, explained, "whereas
the matter of fire protection is urgent in the thickly
settled northern
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 363.378 PEN COPY 3
- Place of Publication
- [Burnaby, B.C.]
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- 160 p. : ill. (some col.), 2 maps, ports. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fire departments
- Fire fighters
- Name Access
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Notes
- Maps on lining papers.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Century Park Museum Association
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Physical Description
- 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- 4 copies held: copy 4.
Digital Books
A carousel is magic : the saving of Parker #119
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1320
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Boulanger, Annie
- Publication Date
- c1995
- Call Number
- 731.932 BOU Copy 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969992904
- Call Number
- 731.932 BOU Copy 1
- Author
- Boulanger, Annie
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Lower Mainland Association of Friends of the Vancouver Carousel
- Publication Date
- c1995
- Physical Description
- 171 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
- Inscription
- "To the Burnaby Village Museum - / one of my favourite places! / A. Boulanger / Sept 29/95", hand written in ink on title page of book
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Merry-go-round--British Columbia--Vancouver--History
- Names
- Parker, Charles Wallace "C.W."
- Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Copy 1 of 2
- Signed by author.
The antique dealers pocketbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1027
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0902921037
- Call Number
- 745.1 CUR
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Worthing, Sussex
- Publisher
- Lyle Publication
- Publication Date
- c1972
- Physical Description
- 158 p. : ill.
- Notes
- Signed on cover page.
Artism
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1397
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 759.21 GIB
- Place of Publication
- [Mission, BC]
- Publisher
- Blurb.com
- Publication Date
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 199 p. : ill (chiefly col.) ;
- Inscription
- "TO MY FRIENDS @ B.V.M. /S G BARRETT/JUNE 16TH/2012", hand written in black ink on the front endsheet of the book
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Painters--British Columbia
- Art
- Merry-go-round art
- Biography
- Notes
- Signed by the author.
- Self-published: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/793103
- Stephen Gibbons-Barrett was involved in the restoration of the 1912 Parker Carousel and he completed a series of paintings of the carousel horses.
A school history of the United States
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3158
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.165.126
- Call Number
- 973 MAC
- Edition
- 1915 ed.
- Contributor
- Colby, Homer Wayland, 1874-1950
- Dietzler, H. W.
- Fink, Denman, 1880-1956
- Reich, Jacques, 1852-1923
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Rand, McNally & Company
- Publication Date
- 1915
- Physical Description
- xiii, 273 p., xvii-xcvi, 16 p., [27] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), col. ports. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "--Made--1915--" [handwritten in black ink on front cover] "C.Norman Yount ____[Lone?], Washington November" [handwritten in black ink on front cover] "C. Norman Yount _______ _______" [handwritten in black ink on front cover] "He must have had a very large nose" [handwritten in pencil above portrait of George Washington with line drawn from "nose" to George Washington's nose] "C. Norman Yount." [Signed in purple ink below facsimile of George Washington's signature] "Norman C. _____[Yount]" [handwritten in pencil at top of t.p.] "Norman Yount Lone, Washington" [handwritten in purple ink at top of t.p.] "C. Norman Yount Lone, Wash May 19, 1925" [handwritten in purple ink on back of "Columbus sighting land" port. Above initials N.Y. coloured in red and green] "Ca Claren" [handwritten and crossed out in pencil on back of "Wolfe's victory on the Heights of Abraham" p.130] "Clarence Norman Yount May, 1925" [handwritten in pencil on back of "Wolfe's victory on the Heights of Abraham" p.130] "Norman Yount _ove to me by De_ _bert at school. _ it was his s__ters[sisters] book before he had it" [handwritten in purple ink on back endpaper] "C. Norman Yount Lone, Washington November 24, 1924" [handwritten in black ink on back cover" Study notes and other writings found on front paste down, front endpaper, back endpaper and back paste down. As well as other pages throughout the book.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- United States--History
- Notes
- "Illustrated by Homer W. Colby, H. W. Dietzler, and Denman Fink" --T.p.
- "Portraits by Jacques Reich"
- Author's given name and dates: Mace, William H. (William Harrison), 1852-1938
- Illustrator's given name and dates: Colby, Homer Wayland, 1874-1950
A short history of British expansion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1554
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3853.1
- Call Number
- 325.342 WIL
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company
- Publication Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 2 v. in 1. (470, 315 p.) : maps (some col.) ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- Stamped: "511" / Signed "F.J. McRae / 7/1938"-- Front end sheet.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Great Britain--Commerce--History
- Great Britain--Colonies--History
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "American edition, two volumes in one"--title page verso.
The Book of Life Volume Eight ; Bible educator index
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2487
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.23.28
- Call Number
- 220 HAL v.8
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Ill.
- Publisher
- John Rudin & Company Inc.
- Publication Date
- c1925
- Physical Description
- 487 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- Signed by "W.W ---" -- handwritten in ink on the first page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible--Study and teaching
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Book of Life Volume Five ; Bible poetry
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2484
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.23.25
- Call Number
- 220 HAL v.5
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Ill.
- Publisher
- John Rudin & Company Inc.
- Publication Date
- c1925
- Physical Description
- 503 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- Signed by "W.W ---" -- handwritten in ink on the first page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible--Study and teaching
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Book of Life Volume Four ; Bible prophets, statesmen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2483
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.23.24
- Call Number
- 220 HAL v.4
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Ill.
- Publisher
- John Rudin & Company Inc.
- Publication Date
- c1925
- Physical Description
- 488 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- Signed by "W.W ---" -- handwritten in ink on the first page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible--Study and teaching
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Book of Life Volume One ; Bible treasures
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2480
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.23.21
- Call Number
- 220 HAL v.1
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Ill.
- Publisher
- John Rudin & Company Inc.
- Publication Date
- c1925
- Physical Description
- 427 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- Signed by "W.W ---" -- handwritten in ink on the first page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible--Study and teaching
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.